Art Resources
From Playdate Community Wiki
This page lists resources that are available to help you with developing games on Playdate, both paid and free. It focuses on Art resources.
Sites
- https://jspaint.app/ - Online art program
- https://www.piskelapp.com/ - Online art program
- https://avatarmaker.com/ - Online portrait maker
- https://kaasiand.cool/tophat/ - For creating fonts for PlayDate
- https://dev.playdate.store/tools/gfxp/ - in-browser pattern editor
Various 1-bit conversion tools:
- https://kaasiand.cool/oven/
- https://www.pixelicious.xyz/
- https://potch.me/demos/playdither/
- https://29a.ch/ditherlicious/
- https://gazs.github.io/canvas-atkinson-dither/
Tutorials
- https://saint11.org/blog/pixel-art-tutorials/
- https://pixelparmesan.com/fundamentals-of-isometric-pixel-art/
- https://c6y.github.io/tilix-reference/
Programs
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bitcam/id1114990619 - paid; a one-bit camera for iPhones
- https://pixelbasher.dev/ - paid, a "kitbashing" program
- https://dotpict.net/ - free; for iPhone and android
- https://github.com/timheigames/onebitdithertool - free - PC
- https://www.aseprite.org/ - paid - multiple platforms - the "gold standard" of pixel art programs.
- https://twitter.com/Gogolitus/status/1634596725045198850?t=dwcjGHKH7IhUw0_LxkCQ8Q&s=19 add-on for Aseprite; dithering brushes.
- https://noesteryo.itch.io/aseprite-isometric-guidelines add-on for Aseprite; isometric guidelines
Assets
A variety of assets available for use.
A lot more can be found at https://itch.io/game-assets/tag-1-bit , but here are some commonly used ones.
Fonts
- http://www.pentacom.jp/pentacom/bitfontmaker2/gallery/ - Online font-maker; has various bitmap fonts.
- https://kaasiand.cool/tophat/ - Converts font files into Playdate font format
- https://gingerbeardman.itch.io/st-din-playdate-font - Ready-to-use Playdate fonts
- https://crabaret.itch.io/8x8-fonts-for-playdate-pulp - two fonts for Pulp development
User Interface
- https://andelrodis.itch.io/1-bit-game-ui-pack
- https://minalien.itch.io/playdate-16px-input-icons
- https://kenney.nl/assets/1-bit-input-prompts-pixel-16
Tile Sets
- https://winglesspenny64.itch.io/playdate-platformer-tileset - Useful for platformers
Misc
- https://jayjay99.itch.io/1-bit-portraits - Portraits